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The Communist Manifesto (Penguin Classics)

The Communist Manifesto (Penguin Classics)
02/02/10 11:17pm
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History has shown Marx to be wrong, but this is an important historical work.

Rating: 1/5
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While I am not swayed by Marx's historical perspective, nor am I swayed by his prescription for how to solve what I believe to be an overblown, if not altogether nonexistent, problem, I think that this is an important book that every American should read. Unfortunately, the last people to read this book are the ones who should read it the most.

Conservatives who march around calling Obama a socialist or a communist really should at least take the time and make the effort to understand the system that they criticize. There is enough within the actual doctrine of communism with which you may disagree without having to run around in the streets attacking straw men.

Not to mention, this book is surprisingly short. It is not very long, and it is not very hard to read. Only the slovenly intellectual mind can refuse to read such a pithy book that has had such a profound impact on human thought.

Not what I was expecting.

Rating: 3/5
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This is text is definitely a must read but it was not at all what I was expecting it to be. The text itself is only about 40 pages long and very repetitive. It seems to me that it was more aimed at mobilizing the middle/lower classes to overthrow the upper class rather than have an intellectual discussion and analysis of communistic type systems.

Brilliant ideas

Rating: 5/5
Comments:
Today, communism has been given a negative rap, and is even used as an insult. While I might not agree with every idea within Communism, this book was still a fascinating and interesting read. Despite what people today have done to Communism, Mr. Marx had some brilliant ideas in here that in the right hands, could be applied to good use. Am I a Communist? No. But I also don't believe that any one man can envision Utopia all by himself, and Karl Marx had some solid ideas which could indeed contribute to a overall better world ideal. Definitely not a book to be missed at all!